girl.
girl, lass
Meaning & usage
girl, lass
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from English girl, from Middle English gerle, girle, gyrle (“young person”), possibly from Old English *gyrele, from Proto-West Germanic *gurilā; Doublet of gorre/gurre, girlie, gyaru, gal, grom,, and gör; cognate with Dutch Low Saxon grom, gör (“child”), German Gör, Göre (“brat”), English girl; gal, gyal; gyaru.
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